Please help save my sweet girl
Donation protected
Yesterday I came home to find my cat Fish in serious distress. She was having trouble walking and she wouldn't lift her head. I immediately took her to an emergency clinic, and after 3 hours there, I was told to transfer her to an intensive care unit.
I have been told that it appears that she was born with deformed kidneys and has been living with them for 9 years. She has developed kidney disease because of it. She also has a mass in her left kidney that requires further testing to determine exactly what it is. She's severely dehydrated and has been on fluids and pain killers.
She's a very tiny cat and has developed a heart murmur, they need to medicate and rehydrate her slowly, so they don't flood her kidneys and make her condition worse.
She has been in the ICU for the last 24 hours, and so far her treatment and care has cost me around $3200 The next 48 hours are going to be around another $3000. In the next few weeks Fish will need ongoing tests, medication and medical care. I don't know how much the next few weeks will cost me, and I can probably handle long term care costs like special food and medicine but this was so sudden and unexpected. I am only 22 years old and any savings I had will be gone.
I need the funds as soon as possible, I've already had to pay 85% of the immediate costs as a deposit.
Fish has been a part of my family for 9 years, since she was 4 weeks old, I raised her myself and I love her more than anything in the world.
It's so hard for me to put into words how important she is to me. And how much I love her. The relationship we have is very special. She has gotten me through middle school, high school and university. She is essentially a therapy cat for me. I have had anxiety and depression since I was a child, but having her with me has helped me more than anything else. I am so devastated and I can't imagine losing her this suddenly (let alone at all).
Everyone that has met her knows how sweet and loving she is, and they know what we mean to eachother.
It is very possible that she can live another 5-10 years with this kidney disease, but for her to be able to live the long life she deserves, she needs this care right now.
I am so grateful for anything you are able to donate. I don't know how else I can pay for the treatment she needs immediately and in the near future and so I am reaching out to anyone who is willing to help. Every little bit will help and I would be so appreciative.
thank you so much
-Haley
I have been told that it appears that she was born with deformed kidneys and has been living with them for 9 years. She has developed kidney disease because of it. She also has a mass in her left kidney that requires further testing to determine exactly what it is. She's severely dehydrated and has been on fluids and pain killers.
She's a very tiny cat and has developed a heart murmur, they need to medicate and rehydrate her slowly, so they don't flood her kidneys and make her condition worse.
She has been in the ICU for the last 24 hours, and so far her treatment and care has cost me around $3200 The next 48 hours are going to be around another $3000. In the next few weeks Fish will need ongoing tests, medication and medical care. I don't know how much the next few weeks will cost me, and I can probably handle long term care costs like special food and medicine but this was so sudden and unexpected. I am only 22 years old and any savings I had will be gone.
I need the funds as soon as possible, I've already had to pay 85% of the immediate costs as a deposit.
Fish has been a part of my family for 9 years, since she was 4 weeks old, I raised her myself and I love her more than anything in the world.
It's so hard for me to put into words how important she is to me. And how much I love her. The relationship we have is very special. She has gotten me through middle school, high school and university. She is essentially a therapy cat for me. I have had anxiety and depression since I was a child, but having her with me has helped me more than anything else. I am so devastated and I can't imagine losing her this suddenly (let alone at all).
Everyone that has met her knows how sweet and loving she is, and they know what we mean to eachother.
It is very possible that she can live another 5-10 years with this kidney disease, but for her to be able to live the long life she deserves, she needs this care right now.
I am so grateful for anything you are able to donate. I don't know how else I can pay for the treatment she needs immediately and in the near future and so I am reaching out to anyone who is willing to help. Every little bit will help and I would be so appreciative.
thank you so much
-Haley
Organizer
Haley Rose Szereszewski
Organizer
Richmond Hill, ON
